Quotes About Determination

I was a workhorse; there was never a practice that I didn't enjoy.

But when I play, I still practice hard and focus on my game.

It was really impossible to break through in Russia. We couldn't buy any balls. We really didn't have any courts, no rackets, nothing. And no people to practice with.

I passed the Bar on the first shot, But I have never practiced law.

My nerves tend to dissipate once the match starts. When I know I've practiced as much as I can and I do my best and leave it all out there, I feel OK no matter what happens.

I always practiced like I expected to play.

Fatigue is one thing. Injuries are another. But if you are just tired because you just practiced - well, I'm not having that.

At times I've played through extreme pain or not practiced for weeks and tried to go out there and play.

I am someone that is very competitive. When I'm on the field, I compete. When I'm practicing, when I'm in meetings. I'm a competitor in everything.

Once I got to college, I realized that practicing 3-6 days wasn't going to be enough for me to get where I wanted.

Once I got the Playstation I started practicing, because if I do something I want to do it right.

I had broken my nose while practicing. Also I got a fracture on my shoulders, knees.

Sometimes I like practicing, sometimes I don't. But I like the result... I hardly ever get discouraged. Maybe right when it's very hard to get something done correctly, but then the idea flashes through of how to fix it. And I get encouraged. And other ideas flow.

Any time I'm not capable of going out there and practicing - missing - is never something to be happy about, unless it's a day off. But missing a day of - really work - it can be frustrating because somebody out there is getting better. I'm not.

I am good at composing but I try to write lyrics. I am too bad at that. I am still trying. You become good after practicing and I am doing that.

We practise, we know exactly what we must do and we win.

You know the question: 'How do you get to Carnegie Hall?' Answer: 'Practise?' Well, in my case, I got there by not practising. I didn't finish my music degree. And when I got into the pop world, I decided not to conform because I figured that the point of being an artist was that you shouldn't be like anyone else.

The pressure has increased; I have to practise more and keep performing better.

As long as your eyes aren't going, or you've got some back or neck problems, then you can play this game as long as you're motivated to practise.

My mother is deeply pragmatic by nature. Perhaps you had to be, as an immigrant. You made do.

Although strength should fail, the effort will deserve praise. In great enterprises the attempt is enough.

I don't get carried away by any praise; I know I have miles to go.

When I review Xerxes' achievements, I praise him, not for having yoked the Hellespont, but for having crossed it. But I can see that Nero will neither sail through the Isthmus nor complete his digging.

Gordon B. Hinckley